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Eight Very Bad Nights
A Collection of Hanukkah Noir
2024
First Published
3.29
Average Rating
304
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The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of Hanukkah noir, and poignant reminders of the meaning of the Festival of Lights. Includes stories by David L. Ulin, Ivy Pochoda, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg.

Avg Rating
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Author

Tod Goldberg
Tod Goldberg
Author · 14 books
Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including THE LOW DESERT: GANGSTER STORIES, a Southwest Book of the Year, GANGSTERLAND, a finalist for the Hammett Prize, THE HOUSE OF SECRETS, which he co-authored with Brad Meltzer, and LIVING DEAD GIRL, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His short fiction has appeared in a number of anthologies, including PALM SPRINGS NOIR, LAS VEGAS NOIR, THE USUAL SANTAS, and BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY & SUSPENSE. His nonfiction appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and ALTA and has been anthologized widely, including in BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS. He is the co-host of the popular podcast Literary Disco and is a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside, where he founded and directs the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts. His next book GANGSTERS DON'T DIE will be released in fall 2023.
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